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$(document).ready(function() {
	var tables = $('table.display').DataTable( {
		displayLength: 5
	} );

	// When the column visibility changes on the firs table, also change it on
	// the others
	tables.table(0).on('column-visibility', function ( e, settings, colIdx, visibility ) {
		tables.tables(':gt(0)').column( colIdx ).visible( visibility );
	} );

	// Create ColVis on the first table only
	var colvis = new $.fn.dataTable.ColVis( tables.table(0) );
	$( colvis.button() ).insertAfter('div.info');
} );


	</script></head><body class="dt-example"><div class="container"><section><h1>ColVis example <span>Two tables with shared controls</span></h1><div class="info"><p>This example shows how the DataTables API can be used with ColVis to use a single ColVis control to effect other tables. This is done by applying ColVis to the first table and then listening for the <a href="//datatables.net/reference/event/column-visibility"><code class="event" title="DataTables event">column-visibility<span>DT</span></code></a> event and updating all other tables when triggered.</p><p>This example makes use of the <a href="//datatables.net/reference/api/tables()"><code class="api" title="DataTables API method">tables()<span>DT</span></code></a> and <a href="//datatables.net/reference/api/table()"><code class="api" title="DataTables API method">table()<span>DT</span></code></a> methods for working with multiple tables, and also initialised ColVis using the <code>new $.fn.dataTable.ColVis();</code> operator.</p></div><table id="" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Position</th><th>Office</th><th>Age</th><th>Salary</th></tr></thead><tfoot><tr><th>Name</th><th>Position</th><th>Office</th><th>Age</th><th>Salary</th></tr></tfoot><tbody><tr><td>Tiger Nixon</td><td>System Architect</td><td>Edinburgh</td><td>61</td><td>$320,800</td></tr><tr><td>Cedric Kelly</td><td>Senior Javascript Developer</td><td>Edinburgh</td><td>22</td><td>$433,060</td></tr><tr><td>Sonya Frost</td><td>Software Engineer</td><td>Edinburgh</td><td>23</td><td>$103,600</td></tr><tr><td>Quinn Flynn</td><td>Support Lead</td><td>Edinburgh</td><td>22</td><td>$342,000</td></tr><tr><td>Dai Rios</td><td>Personnel Lead</td><td>Edinburgh</td><td>35</td><td>$217,500</td></tr><tr><td>Gavin Joyce</td><td>Developer</td><td>Edinburgh</td><td>42</td><td>$92,575</td></tr><tr><td>Martena Mccray</td><td>Post-Sales support</td><td>Edinburgh</td><td>46</td><td>$324,050</td></tr><tr><td>Jennifer Acosta</td><td>Junior Javascript Developer</td><td>Edinburgh</td><td>43</td><td>$75,650</td></tr><tr><td>Shad Decker</td><td>Regional Director</td><td>Edinburgh</td><td>51</td><td>$183,000</td></tr></tbody></table><table id="" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Position</th><th>Office</th><th>Age</th><th>Salary</th></tr></thead><tfoot><tr><th>Name</th><th>Position</th><th>Office</th><th>Age</th><th>Salary</th></tr></tfoot><tbody><tr><td>Jena Gaines</td><td>Office Manager</td><td>London</td><td>30</td><td>$90,560</td></tr><tr><td>Haley Kennedy</td><td>Senior Marketing Designer</td><td>London</td><td>43</td><td>$313,500</td></tr><tr><td>Tatyana Fitzpatrick</td><td>Regional Director</td><td>London</td><td>19</td><td>$385,750</td></tr><tr><td>Michael Silva</td><td>Marketing Designer</td><td>London</td><td>66</td><td>$198,500</td></tr><tr><td>Bradley Greer</td><td>Software Engineer</td><td>London</td><td>41</td><td>$132,000</td></tr><tr><td>Angelica Ramos</td><td>Chief Executive Officer (CEO)</td><td>London</td><td>47</td><td>$1,200,000</td></tr><tr><td>Suki Burks</td><td>Developer</td><td>London</td><td>53</td><td>$114,500</td></tr><tr><td>Prescott Bartlett</td><td>Technical Author</td><td>London</td><td>27</td><td>$145,000</td></tr><tr><td>Timothy Mooney</td><td>Office Manager</td><td>London</td><td>37</td><td>$136,200</td></tr><tr><td>Bruno Nash</td><td>Software Engineer</td><td>London</td><td>38</td><td>$163,500</td></tr><tr><td>Hermione Butler</td><td>Regional Director</td><td>London</td><td>47</td><td>$356,250</td></tr><tr><td>Lael Greer</td><td>Systems Administrator</td><td>London</td><td>21</td><td>$103,500</td></tr></tbody></table><ul class="tabs"><li class="active">Javascript</li><li>HTML</li><li>CSS</li><li>Ajax</li><li>Server-side script</li></ul><div class="tabs"><div class="js"><p>The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:</p><code class="multiline language-js">$(document).ready(function() { var tables = $('table.display').DataTable( { displayLength: 5 } ); // When the column visibility changes on the firs table, also change it on // the others tables.table(0).on('column-visibility', function ( e, settings, colIdx, visibility ) { tables.tables(':gt(0)').column( colIdx ).visible( visibility ); } ); // Create ColVis on the first table only var colvis = new $.fn.dataTable.ColVis( tables.table(0) ); $( colvis.button() ).insertAfter('div.info'); } );</code><p>In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example:</p><ul><li><a href="../../../media/js/jquery.js">../../../media/js/jquery.js</a></li><li><a href="../../../media/js/jquery.dataTables.js">../../../media/js/jquery.dataTables.js</a></li><li><a href="../js/dataTables.colVis.js">../js/dataTables.colVis.js</a></li></ul></div><div class="table"><p>The HTML shown below is the raw HTML table element, before it has been enhanced by DataTables:</p></div><div class="css"><div><p>This example uses a little bit of additional CSS beyond what is loaded from the library files (below), in order to correctly display the table. The additional CSS used is shown below:</p><code class="multiline language-css"></code></div><p>The following CSS library files are loaded for use in this example to provide the styling of the table:</p><ul><li><a href="../../../media/css/jquery.dataTables.css">../../../media/css/jquery.dataTables.css</a></li><li><a href="../css/dataTables.colVis.css">../css/dataTables.colVis.css</a></li></ul></div><div class="ajax"><p>This table loads data by Ajax. The latest data that has been loaded is shown below. This data will update automatically as any additional data is loaded.</p></div><div class="php"><p>The script used to perform the server-side processing for this table is shown below. Please note that this is just an example script using PHP. Server-side processing scripts can be written in any language, using <a href="//datatables.net/manual/server-side">the protocol described in the DataTables documentation</a>.</p></div></div></section></div><section><div class="footer"><div class="gradient"></div><div class="liner"><h2>Other examples</h2><div class="toc"><div class="toc-group"><h3><a href="./index.html">Examples</a></h3><ul class="toc active"><li><a href="./simple.html">Basic initialisation</a></li><li><a href="./new_init.html">`new` initialisation</a></li><li><a href="./text.html">Custom button text</a></li><li><a href="./exclude_columns.html">Exclude columns from list</a></li><li><a href="./title_callback.html">Column button callback</a></li><li><a href="./button_order.html">Button ordering</a></li><li><a href="./mouseover.html">Mouseover activation</a></li><li><a href="./group_columns.html">Group columns</a></li><li><a href="./two_tables.html">Two tables with individual controls</a></li><li class="active"><a href="./two_tables_identical.html">Two tables with shared controls</a></li><li><a href="./restore.html">Restore / show all</a></li><li><a href="./jqueryui.html">jQuery UI styling</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="epilogue"><p>Please refer to the <a href="http://www.datatables.net">DataTables documentation</a> for full information about its API properties and methods.<br> Additionally, there are a wide range of <a href="http://www.datatables.net/extras">extras</a> and <a href="http://www.datatables.net/plug-ins">plug-ins</a> which extend the capabilities of DataTables.</p><p class="copyright">DataTables designed and created by <a href="http://www.sprymedia.co.uk">SpryMedia Ltd</a> &#169; 2007-2015<br> DataTables is licensed under the <a href="http://www.datatables.net/mit">MIT license</a>.</p></div></div></div></section></body></html>